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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Khadi India Pavilion registers a record sale of Rs 12.06 crore at India International Trade Fair'2022
Khadi India Pavilion, showcasing premium Khadi garments, village industry products produced by Khadi artisans in rural surroundings; Muslin khadi from West Bengal, Pashminas from Jammu and Kashmir, Patola silks from Gujarat, Banarasi silks, Bhagalpuri silks, Phulkari from Punjab, Kalamkari from Andhra Pradesh and many other types of cotton, silk and woolen products were shown interest and purchased by the visitors and the Khadi India Pavilion registered a record sale of Rs 12.06 crore. Supply orders of various products were received by the entrepreneurs, which would be beneficial for marketing of their products in future. Taking the Khadi of Gandhiji’s dreams to the global level, with the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,Chairman, KVIC, Shri Manoj Kumar felicitated all the artisans and participants by giving them certificates and thanked them for their participation in the trade fair.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission  had organized a “Khadi India Pavilion” in India International Trade Fair 2022, Hall no. 3 to showcase the finest handcrafted Khadi and Village Industries products. It Contextualized the vision of "Vocal for Local, Local to Global" of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through Khadi India Pavilion. The 'Khadi India' pavilion set up by KVIC in the fair was visited by several dignitaries, Diplomats/High Commissions of Embassies, Members of Parliament, besides lakhs of visitors. The “Selfie Point” with Mahatma Gandhi ji and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the theme pavilion of this 'Khadi India Pavilion' also remained the center of attraction for all the visitors.
Through the huge participation of more than 200 stalls by Khadi artisans/entrepreneurs and the representatives of small scale industries with artisan art, cultural diversity, traditional crafts of the country got an opportunity to meet Khadi lovers and know the interest of customers in the India International fair, so that they can prepare similar products in future.
Live demonstration of charkha spinning activity “cotton to yarn” making, pottery making, agarbatti making etc., inspired the youth to set up their own enterprises and how they can become self-reliant through KVIC schemes. Through the special 'Facilitation Desk', the youth got information about KVIC's schemes to adopt self-employment and become 'Job Providers instead of Job Seekers'.
Ministry of Education
Union HRD Minister chairs the 4th meeting of the IIIT Council in New Delhi
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired the 4th meeting of the IndianInstituteofinformationTechnology Council in New Delhi today.At the outset, the Chairman stressed on the need of leapfrogging by IIITs in order to become world class Institutes. The IIITs should compete with the best Institutes in the world so that the international students prefer our country over others for niche courses, unique and latest curriculum and best faculty. At the same time Indian students should also get the education of international quality in the country itself.
He also emphasized about the social responsibility of these Institutes. He exhorted the Directors to participate in the Government Schemes such as Unnat Bharat, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, Fit India Movements, Water Conservation, Tree Plantation, Adoption of nearby villages etc.The main decisions taken by the Council include allowing IIIT students to join Integrated M. Tech/MBA at other IIITs subject to fulfillment of minimum CPI criteria.
The Council also approved lateral movement of students of one IIIT to another IIIT or any other foreign Institute for short periods . Similarly, faculty can also move to another IIIT for a semester or half a semester in order to tide over the shortage of faculty. It was also decided to start joint degree  program with other IIITs in linewith IITs.
The Chairman was also authorized to appoint a Director in case of vacancy for short periods, on temporary charge. Another important decision was taken by the Council to grant tuition fee waiver to PWD students. It was also decided to inculcate entrepreneurship among students. The Chairman desired that each Institute must identify or specific domain of expertise for themselves based on which their national and International branding would be done.
Shri V K Modi, Shri Deepak Ghaisas, Prof. Sadagopan, Prof. H A Ranganath, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala were among the prominent persons present in the meeting. Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Additional Secretary , being the Secretary of the Council, conducted the proceedings of the meeting.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
National Consultation with the States/UTs on Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Mission 
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organized a National consultation with States/UTs to seek feedback on draft guidelines for implementing PMRSSM, on 23rd April, 2018 at New Delhi. The workshop was attended by CEOs of the State Health Agency, State Nodal Officers and Senior IT officials of the state agencies. Most of the States participated in the consultations, except for few like Delhi & West Bengal.
The consultation was inaugurated by Ms Preeti Sudan, Secretary MoHFW and Mr. Indu Bhushan, CEO , PMRSSM. Mr. Manoj Jhalani, Additional Secretary-MD, NHM, also participated in the inaugural session.
Secretary, MoHFW, while welcoming the participants, briefed the states on the broad contours of the mission and encouraged increased participation from the states. The CEO , PMRSSM highlighted the importance of the mission in the Indian healthcare landscape and the need to focus on its successful implementation. Mr. Indu Bhushan mentioned that States would get ample flexibility to contextualize the scheme based on their local needs. He stressed the importance of Additional Data Collection Drive being undertaken during Ayushman Bharat Diwas on 30th April, alongside the awareness generation activities.
The states were divided into three sub groups to ensure detailed deliberations and seek in-depth inputs on the draft set of guidelines. This included guidelines on beneficiary identification process, empanelment of hospitals, portability of the benefits, model tender document, modalities of premium release and other related aspects. Based on the inputs received from the states, each sub group presented the summary of proposed changes and inputs they had suggested during the discussion.
Based on the feedback received from states, Ministry will release model RFP  and operational guidelines latest by 2nd Week of May. Most States were keen to release their RFP in the May month itself.
Each state also shared the roadmap and the progress made for the implementation of the mission. All states showed their keenness to join the mission. The states shared their individual timelines.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 extended for one year;
Other immediate relief measures also announced
The Union Commerce and Industry Ministry today announced changes in the Foreign Trade Policy  of Government of India. The present Policy which came into force on 1st April, 2015, is for 5 years and has validity upto 31st March, 2020. In view of the unprecedented current situation arising out of the pandemic Novel COVID-19, the Govt. has decided to continue relief under various export promotion schemes by granting extension of the existing Foreign Trade Policy by another one year i.e. up to 31st March, 2021. Several other relief measures have also been announced to support trade and industry. Salient points of the changes made in the FTP are as follows:
- To provide continuity in the policy regime, the current FTP, valid till 31.03.2020 has been extended till 31.03.2021. Similar extension is made in the related procedures, by extending validity of Hand Book of Procedures.
- Benefit under all the Export Promotion Schemes  and other schemes, available as on date, will continue to be available for another 12 months.Decision on continuation of SEIS will be taken and notified subsequently.
- Similarly, validity period of the Status Holder Certificates is also extended. This will enable the Status Holders to continue to avail the specified facilities/benefits.
- Exemption from payment of IGST and Compensation Cess on the imports made under Advance/EPCG Authorisations and by EOUs etc. has been extended up to 31.03.2021.
- The scheme for providing “Transport Marketing Assistance on the specified Agricultural Products” is further extended for one year.
- Validity period for making imports undervarious duty free import authorizations  expiring between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020,has been allowed automatic extension for another six months from the date of expiry, without requirement of obtaining such endorsement on these authorizations.
- Whereever the period to make export is expiring between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020 under various authorizations, automatic extension in the export obligation period is allowed for another six months from the date of expiry, without payment of any composition fee.
- Last dates for applying for various duty credit Scrips  and other Authorisations have been extended.
- Time lines for imposing late cuts, on the applications which are filed after the prescribed dates, have been relaxed.
- Validity period of Letter of Permission/ Letter of Intent as granted to EOUs, units in STPs/EHTPs/BTPs is further extended up to 31st December, 2020.
- Last date of filing applications for refund of TED/Drawback, Transport and Marketing Assistance has been extended.
- Extension in time has been allowed for filing various Reports/Returns etc. under various provisions of the FTP.
Ministry of Defence
RM Releases Coffee Table Book on Department of Defence Production
Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman released a coffee table book on the Department of Defence Production , titled ‘A journey towards self-reliance’ here today. The first ever coffee table book on the department, it chronicles the post-independence years of development, indigenisation and production of arms, ammunition and defence equipment, with a view to achieve self-reliance for the Armed Forces of India.
Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, in her message printed in the book says, “The coffee table book is a noteworthy initiative of DDP to compile success stories of projects of OFB/ DPSUs, transcending from the stage of inception to execution.”
A similar view is echoed by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre who in his message says, “I am pleased to learn that DDP is bringing out a “Coffee Table Book” highlighting inception of OFB/ DPSUs, production of wide ranging products at various units, indigenization efforts as well as the Corporate Social Responsibilities.”
The contents of the book are a remarkable collection of past and current defence equipment produced in India. Avid readers will find themselves immersed in a world of illustrations and remarkable photographs, captured at ‘the’ moments, and revealing relevant texts, which will be of interest to the ‘defence technology-savvy’ Indians.
The book epitomises the visionary approach of the Government of India seeking to establish India as a global manufacturing hub, under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. It lends credence to the sincere efforts put in by thousands of unknown faces, to mould and shape the Indian defence industry.
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Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President stresses the need to protect Indian culture and heritage
‘Traditional New Year  symbolizes Indian culture and it's unity in diversity’
Let's unite and move forward, let's achieve Atma Nirbhar Bharat: Shri Naidu
Vice President celebrates Ugadi, the Telugu New Year at Swarna Bharat Trust, Hyderabad
(The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today said that the traditional New Year festival, celebrated across the country with different names and customs such as Ugadi, Yugadi, Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Sukladi, Cheti Chand, Sajibu Cheiraoba, Navreh is a symbol of Indian culture – reflecting its diversity and underlying unity.
Speaking at Ugadi celebrations at Swarna Bharat Trust in Hyderabad, Shri Naidu called upon youth to preserve and protect Indian culture and understand the significance behind each Indian festival. He wished the traditional New Year would usher prosperity and happiness in the lives of the people of the country.
The Vice President observed that strengthening the bonds between people of different cultures promotes harmony in society. Recalling India’s civilisational value of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, Shri Naidu called for sustained efforts from everyone for the country’s progress. “Let's unite and move forward, let's achieve Atma Nirbhar Bharat”, he said.
Shri Naidu observed that colonial rule exploited India and led to an inferiority complex among Indians. Urging everyone to take pride in India’s ancient heritage, Shri Naidu said that India is experiencing a rapid growth in all sectors and that the entire world is looking up to India. Calling for the highest quality of debate in public discourse, he said nobody should diminish the country’s status on the world stage.
Reminding that the New Year festivals are also a celebration of nature’s bounty, the Vice President urged everyone to take a pledge on the New Year to preserve nature and switch to sustainable practices. He also advised people, particularly youngsters to shun sedentary lifestyles and adopt healthy habits.
The Vice President stressed the importance of using Indian languages in public life and suggested that “everyone should cherish and use their mother tongue in their daily lives, to the extent possible”. He also wanted mother tongue to be the medium of instruction in schools, at least till the primary level. He said that Indian languages should be increasingly used in administration and in the courts.
Shri Naidu complimented Swarna Bharat Trust for its activities towards empowerment of women and in upskilling the youth. On this occasion, Shri Naidu witnessed various cultural and literary performances such as “Ugadi panchanga sravanam” – a brief analysis of Hindu astrological almanac by Dr. Sagi Kamalakara Sarma, Professor, Osmania University, “Telugu padya vaibhavam” – a poetry recital by Shri Gummadi Gopala Krishna, “Sangeetha Vaibhavam” by Shri Challagali Venkatraju and a Kuchipudi dance performance by Ms. Manne Tina Chowdary.
Chairman, Swarna Bharat Trust, Dr. Kamineni Srinivas, Secretary Shri B. Subbareddy, Smt. Chigurupati Uma, trustees and other dignitaries participated in the event.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 123.25 Cr
More than 78.80 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.35%
6,990 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload stands at 1,00,543
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 16 days
With the administration of 78,80,545 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 123.25 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,28,09,178 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,83,687
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2nd Dose
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94,85,995
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,78,712
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2nd Dose
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1,64,79,024
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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45,75,06,390
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2nd Dose
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22,16,02,481
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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18,44,67,641
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2nd Dose
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11,98,73,688
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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11,55,24,746
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2nd Dose
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7,88,00,403
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Total
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1,23,25,02,767
The recovery of 10,116 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,40,18,299.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.35%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 156 consecutive days now.
6,990 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload presentlystands at 1,00,543. Active cases presently constitute 0.29% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
10,12,523 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 64.13 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.84% remains less than 1% for the last 16 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 0.69%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 57 days and below 3% for 92 consecutive days now.
President's Secretariat
NO ‘CHANGE OF GUARD’ CEREMONY ON OCTOBER 22 AND 29
The Change of Guard Ceremony will not to be held on October 22 and 29, 2022 at the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan due to ongoing rehearsals for the presentation of Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘7.38% GS 2027’,  ‘GOI FRB 2028’,  ‘7.54% GS 2036’  ‘7.36% GS 2052’
The Government of India  has announced the sale  of  “7.38% Government Security 2027” for a notified amount of ₹9,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method,  “GOI FRB 2028” for a notified amount of ₹4,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method  “7.54% Government Security 2036” for a notified amount of ₹11,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method and  “7.36% Government Security 2052” for a notified amount of ₹8,000 crore  through price based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs. 2,000 crore against each security mentioned above. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on September 23, 2022 .
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on September 23, 2022. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on September 23, 2022  and payment by successful bidders will be on September 26, 2022 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
KRITAGYA 3.0- A National level Hackathon on crop improvement by ICAR
Indian Council of Agricultural Research with its National Agricultural Higher Education Project and Crop Science Division is organizing Hackathon 3.0 ‘’KRITAGYA” on promoting ‘speed breeding for crop improvement’.
Taking forward the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through National Education Policy-2020, this program will provide an opportunity to students/faculties/entrepreneurs/innovators and others to showcase innovative approaches and technology solutions to promote innovation for crop improvement.
Under the guidance of the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, such initiatives will give impetus to the desired rapid results in the crop sector with the ability to learn, innovation and solutions, employability and entrepreneurship. It will also encourage greater adoption of technology enabled solutions in the country.
According to Dr. Rakesh Chandra Agrawal, Deputy Director General  and National Director, National Agricultural Higher Education Project , the definition of KRITAGYA is: KRI for Krishi meaning Agriculture, TA for Taknik meaning Technology and GYA for Gyan meaning Knowledge. In this competition, students, faculty and innovators/entrepreneurs from any university/technical institute across the country can apply and participate in the program as a group. The participating group shall consist of maximum 4 participants, with not more than one faculty and / or more than one innovator or entrepreneur. Participating students can collaborate with local start-ups, students from technology institutes and can win up-to INR 5 Lakhs. The registration for event shall take place till 26thSeptember 2022.
During 2020-21 and 2021-22 NAHEP in association with Agricultural Engineering and Animal Science Divisions of ICAR organized Hackathon 1.0 and 2.0 to promote the innovation in Farm Mechanization and in Animal Science, respectively. The events witnessed immense participation across the country where more than 784 teams i.e., 3,000 participants actively participated in hackathon 1.0 and more than 269 teams participated in hackathon 2.0. At national level, 4 teams were awarded by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Tomar with a cash prize of Rs. 9 lakhs. This event is also extending the support to winners for further development in their concept propositions, its scalability and future plan in collaboration with Agri Business Incubators, MSMEs and other investors through support of ICAR.
ICAR commenced NAHEP with the assistance of World Bank  in November 2017. The overall objective of NAHEP is to support participating Agricultural Universities  and ICAR in providing more relevant and higher quality education to the students.
For more details regarding registration and participation, please visit:https://nahep.icar.gov.in/Kritagya.aspx
Cabinet
Cabinet approves conferring the status of institution of national importance to the cluster of ayurveda institutions at Gujarat Ayurved University campus, Jamnagar
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approvalto confer the status of Institution of National Importance to the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Jamnagar by conglomerating the cluster of Ayurveda Institutes at Gujarat Ayurveda University campus, Jamnagar , namely,  Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda  Shri Gulabkunwerba Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya and  Institute of Ayurveda Pharmaceutical Sciences including Pharmacy Unit and to subsume the Maharshi Patanjali Institute for Yoga & Naturopathy Education & Research into the Department of Swasthvritta of the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda.
The Bill to that effect is to be introduced in the ensuing Session of Parliament to declare Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar as Institution of National Importance.
Considering the rapidly growing role of AYUSH Systems in addressing the Public Health challenges of India, conferring the status of National Importance will boost the role and importance of Ayurveda in Public Health. The strengthening of Ayurveda will reduce government expenditure on health as Ayurveda is cost-effective because of its preventive and curative approaches.
There is rising interest and demand for knowledge and services of Ayurveda all over the world. India is the country of origin of Ayurveda and the world is looking up to India to showcase state of art institutions providing international level education and training in Ayurveda. Elevation of the proposed Institute to the status of Institution of National Importance will provide it the autonomy to upgrade standard of Ayurveda education, frame various courses in Ayurveda as per national and international demand, adopt advanced evaluation methodology, etc. It will have the mandate to frame its own certification courses for deeper penetration of AYUSH across masses and will give the capacity to bring out the unrealized potential of Ayurveda for addressing the major public health challenges faced by the country. It will help the institute to develop tertiary care in Ayurveda and to secure inter-disciplinary collaborations to give a contemporary thrust to Ayurveda.